Ann Romney tells of miscarriage

Ann Romney opened up about a miscarriage she had in her 40s in an interview with CBS’s “This Morning” on Tuesday, surprising even her husband with an emotional story about how one of their sons reacted to the family tragedy that he had not heard before.

Ann Romney said that in her 40s, she had gotten pregnant unexpectedly, which she thought wasn’t possible after a surgery some 10 years prior.

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Romney, who has also fought through multiple sclerosis and breast cancer, told the moving story of how their youngest son, Craig, had been thrilled with the prospect of a younger brother or sister.

“You know, I [had] sort of told him, ‘I’m sorry, but that, you know, there’s no more children in our future.’ So, he was thrilled to death” when he was told about her pregnancy, said Ann Romney.

One morning, Romney realized she was losing the baby and at around 6 a.m. told her husband to take them to the hospital. Before leaving, they told their sons that they were losing the baby.

“I was home by the time [Craig] got home from school that afternoon. And he walked in the door, and he was about 10, 11 years old. And he fell on the floor and just burst into tears. And the poor little kid had been at school all day long holding this sorrow inside of him. And having no one to speak to, no one to comfort him, no one to explain what was going on,” Ann Romney said to CBS.

Romney consoled her son by saying that one day he would have children of his own.

“I said, ‘You know, Craig, you know, you’re probably not going to have another little brother or little sister in your life, but you’ll have children of your own someday. And, you know, this little hole will be filled by that,’” said Ann Romney.

“And the interesting thing: He married a woman who had younger, much younger brothers. And when I saw Craig playing with those younger brothers, I thought to myself, ‘Isn’t life interesting. He got those little brothers. He had to just wait a while,’” she added.

Mitt Romney, sitting alongside his wife, appeared taken aback by the story, leading CBS interviewer Scott Pelley to ask if he’d heard that story before.

“I hadn’t heard the story about Craig coming home from school that day and being so devastated,” said the presumptive GOP nominee. “I’m not surprised. He’s a very tender heart and a wonderful father today himself.”